scholarly journals Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Main Galaxy Sample

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 1810-1824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Strauss ◽  
David H. Weinberg ◽  
Robert H. Lupton ◽  
Vijay K. Narayanan ◽  
James Annis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Target Selection ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Galaxy Sample

Further Investigation of the Effect of Galaxy Interactions on Star Formation

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-Fa Deng ◽  
Fuyang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Apparent Magnitude ◽  
Galaxy Interactions ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Galaxy Sample

AbstractFrom the apparent magnitude-limited the Main galaxy sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7, we construct a paired galaxy sample and a control sample without close companions with the projected separations

scholarly journals GALAXY CLUSTERING TOPOLOGY IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY MAIN GALAXY SAMPLE: A TEST FOR GALAXY FORMATION MODELS

2010 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Young Choi ◽  
Changbom Park ◽  
Juhan Kim ◽  
J. Richard Gott ◽  
David H. Weinberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Galaxy Clustering ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Galaxy Sample

scholarly journals Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

2001 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 2267-2280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Eisenstein ◽  
James Annis ◽  
James E. Gunn ◽  
Alexander S. Szalay ◽  
Andrew J. Connolly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Target Selection ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Selection For

Dependence of the clustering properties of galaxies on star formation rate and specific star formation rate

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-Fa Deng
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Star Formation Rate ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Absolute Magnitudes

The primary goal of this study is to explore the dependence of the clustering properties of galaxies on star formation rate (SFR) and specific star formation rate (SSFR). From the main galaxy sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7, we construct two volume-limited samples with absolute magnitudes above and below [Formula: see text], and then divide each volume-limited main galaxy sample into two subsamples with low SFRs and high SFRs or low SSFRs and high SSFRs. A strong dependence of the clustering properties on SFR and SSFR is found: high SFR and SSFR galaxies are preferentially isolated or found in close pairs and small groups, whereas low SFR and SSFR galaxies preferentially inhabit dense groups and clusters.

Environmental Dependence of Different Colors for the Apparent Magnitude-Limited Main Galaxy Sample of the SDSS DR7

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-Fa Deng ◽  
Cheng-Hong Luo ◽  
Yong Xin ◽  
Ping Wu
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Apparent Magnitude ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Environmental Dependence

AbstractThe apparent magnitude-limited Main galaxy sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 is used to investigate the environmental dependence of

Environmental dependence of stellar velocity dispersion in the Main galaxy sample of SDSS DR10

Open Physics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-Fa Deng
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Dispersion ◽  
Selection Effect ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Apparent Magnitude ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Stellar Velocity ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Velocity Dispersions ◽  
Environmental Dependence

AbstractThe aim of this work is to examine the environmental dependence of stellar velocity dispersion in local galaxies. In studies that likely suffer from the radial selection effect, one has a preference for the use of volumelimited samples. Two volume-limited samples with different redshift and luminosity ranges were constructed from the Main galaxy data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 10 (SDSS DR10). Considering some drawbacks of volume-limited samples, the apparent magnitude-limited Main galaxy sample was also applied. Statistical analyses in these different galaxy samples can reach the same conclusion: galaxies with large stellar velocity dispersions exist preferentially in high density regimes, while galaxies with small stellar velocity dispersions are located preferentially in low density regions, which is inconsistent with that obtained at intermediate redshifts.

scholarly journals REDSHIFT-SPACE ENHANCEMENT OF LINE-OF-SIGHT BARYON ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY MAIN-GALAXY SAMPLE

2011 ◽  
Vol 728 (1) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Tian ◽  
Mark C. Neyrinck ◽  
Tamás Budavári ◽  
Alexander S. Szalay
Keyword(s):  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

scholarly journals The Properties of Isolated Main Galaxies in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3 (SDSS DR3)

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinfa Deng ◽  
Xinsheng Ma ◽  
Chenghong Luo ◽  
Qun Zhang ◽  
Qing-Hua Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Double Galaxy ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Galaxy Sample

AbstractWe have constructed a Main galaxy subsample of 67777 galaxies with redshifts in the range 0.08 ≤ z ≤ 0.12 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3. Using cluster analysis, two isolated Main galaxy samples were extracted from this subsample. The two isolated Main galaxy samples identified at different radii have the same properties. Additionally, we find fewer early-type galaxies in isolated Main galaxy samples than in a close double galaxy sample.

scholarly journals Producing a BOSS CMASS sample with DES imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (2) ◽  
pp. 2887-2906 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Lee ◽  
E M Huff ◽  
A J Ross ◽  
A Choi ◽  
C Hirata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Angular Correlation Function ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Celestial Equator ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Galaxy Bias ◽  
Validation Tests

ABSTRACT We present a sample of galaxies with the Dark Energy Survey (DES) photometry that replicates the properties of the BOSS CMASS sample. The CMASS galaxy sample has been well characterized by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) collaboration and was used to obtain the most powerful redshift-space galaxy clustering measurements to date. A joint analysis of redshift-space distortions (such as those probed by CMASS from SDSS) and a galaxy–galaxy lensing measurement for an equivalent sample from DES can provide powerful cosmological constraints. Unfortunately, the DES and SDSS-BOSS footprints have only minimal overlap, primarily on the celestial equator near the SDSS Stripe 82 region. Using this overlap, we build a robust Bayesian model to select CMASS-like galaxies in the remainder of the DES footprint. The newly defined DES-CMASS (DMASS) sample consists of 117 293 effective galaxies covering $1244\,\deg ^2$. Through various validation tests, we show that the DMASS sample selected by this model matches well with the BOSS CMASS sample, specifically in the South Galactic cap (SGC) region that includes Stripe 82. Combining measurements of the angular correlation function and the clustering-z distribution of DMASS, we constrain the difference in mean galaxy bias and mean redshift between the BOSS CMASS and DMASS samples to be $\Delta b = 0.010^{+0.045}_{-0.052}$ and $\Delta z = \left(3.46^{+5.48}_{-5.55} \right) \times 10^{-3}$ for the SGC portion of CMASS, and $\Delta b = 0.044^{+0.044}_{-0.043}$ and $\Delta z= (3.51^{+4.93}_{-5.91}) \times 10^{-3}$ for the full CMASS sample. These values indicate that the mean bias of galaxies and mean redshift in the DMASS sample are consistent with both CMASS samples within 1σ.

scholarly journals Distribution of Maximal Luminosity of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (S306) ◽  
pp. 351-354
Author(s):  
E. Regős ◽  
A. Szalay ◽  
Z. Rácz ◽  
M. Taghizadeh ◽  
K. Ozogany
Keyword(s):  
Limit Distribution ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Gumbel Distribution ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Extreme Value Statistics ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
The Press ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractExtreme value statistics (EVS) is applied to the pixelized distribution of galaxy luminosities in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We analyze the DR8 Main Galaxy Sample (MGS) as well as the Luminous Red Galaxy Sample (LRGS). A non-parametric comparison of the EVS of the luminosities with the Fisher-Tippett-Gumbel distribution (limit distribution for independent variables distributed by the Press-Schechter law) indicates a good agreement provided uncertainties arising both from the finite size of the samples and from the sample size distribution are accounted for. This effectively rules out the possibility of having a finite maximum cutoff luminosity.

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